Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The measles outbreak has hit a new high, with over 1,200 cases reported in 2025 so far. The last time infections were that ...

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for ...

A person died in Flagstaff of the rare illness related to the bubonic plague. Once called the “Black Death,” plague is now curable in all its forms if treated quickly.

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...

CDC memo orders public health officials to stop working with WHO immediately. ... three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency ...

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Global AIDS Update warns a historic funding crisis risks undoing decades of progress unless countries make radical changes to HIV programmes, funding ...

Until recently, a small team issued timely guidance on the types of contraception certain high-risk women should use.